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The old style Craven fibreglass panniers are quite narrow.The ones that the police used to use or you see on Brit bikes sometimes.
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The old style Craven fibreglass panniers are quite narrow.The ones that the police used to use or you see on Brit bikes sometimes.
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I'd love to find Cravens, I find them not only suitable but good looking too (I love old style  ) but seems they really hard to find at reasonable price. I would be very grateful if anyone would point me to such place in UK or anywhere else in Europe.
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I'd love to find Cravens, I find them not only suitable but good looking too (I love old style  ) but seems they really hard to find at reasonable price. I would be very grateful if anyone would point me to such place in UK or anywhere else in Europe.
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About three years ago I sold a tatty set of Cravens for,I think,£30.No locks/keys,no frames just a few bits of bent metal.They would have needed some work to get them nice.They come up on ebay from time to time.
I would like some slim boxes for my Africa Twin but I am too mean to go out and buy a new set,so will probably stick with soft luggage for now.
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About three years ago I sold a tatty set of Cravens for,I think,£30.No locks/keys,no frames just a few bits of bent metal.They would have needed some work to get them nice.They come up on ebay from time to time.
I would like some slim boxes for my Africa Twin but I am too mean to go out and buy a new set,so will probably stick with soft luggage for now.
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for an @T you should be able to find some 2nd hand metal jobs for good money? summers over so people are coming home from their big trips. they would look pants on a firestorm tho
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im looking for panniers for my f800gs, i cant decide on what i want but also i think its easy to buy something then for it to turn out 2000km later to be a pain in the arse, can anyone who has travelled point me in the right direction? there is the possibility that we will be 2 up
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there is the possibility that we will be 2 up
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so its a pannier for shoes, a pannier for clothes and a topbox for makeup, leaving you with a tankbag?
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for an @T you should be able to find some 2nd hand metal jobs for good money? summers over so people are coming home from their big trips. they would look pants on a firestorm tho 
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I do not mind treating my 2 bikes with separate sets  I just do not like weight of metal panniers, I also never saw ones that would be skinny enough but most importantly - I had really hard time this year on "german motorway" section of trip to Norway because of bike twitching with wide Givis at 135+ kmph with top box or (top box left in hotel to be picked up on way back) at 145+ kmph. Now I am trying to make something...ahm...more aerodynamic (thou my DR Big itself looks like brick  )
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I have just ordered a pair of the bikebins panniers to try on a ybr125, a mate of mine(www.justmetal.co.uk) is going to fabricate a set of frames for the bike, he has already done jobs on my GS and both Enfields.
From the bikebins spec sheet it appears that the right hand box will require 'heavy' modification due to the upswept exhaust, this looks like a new pannier base will be required after chopping out 2" off the height. If I learn how to post pictures on here I will do!.
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